Editorial: Once again, the champs

How about a belated congratulations to the Purdue women's basketball team, the champs of the Big Ten Tournament?

Again.

What's not to love about the run the Boilers made through the tournament last weekend?

Here you had a team that was 2-5 in February, including the program's first three-game losing streak in 20 years. Instead of stumbling, coach Sharon Versyp's team made the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill., its own.

Here you had the tournament's Most Outstanding Player in Drey Mingo, a player who missed last year's tournament with an injured ACL and had to petition the NCAA to earn an additional year of eligibility. Add that to a bacterial meningitis scare earlier in her Purdue career, and you won't find many better stories to tell than hers.

And here you have a program that has established itself as a nearly 50/50 pick in the conference tournament. The tally: 19 tournaments, nine championships for Purdue.

Outstanding.

Keep that rolling when the NCAA Tournament starts.

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Editorial: Once again, the champs

How about a belated congratulations to the Purdue women's basketball team, the champs of the Big Ten Tournament?